What cities would you consider the best to base yourself out of.

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  1. FoolsErrand

    FoolsErrand Road Train Member

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    Alabama is a better freight market.

    TN has 10% sales tax and its only w2 wages thatre tax free. Self employment is taxed.

    Nashville is great if you love traffic, transplants and fake country.
     
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  3. G13Tomcat

    G13Tomcat Road Train Member

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    Why not Telegraph, TX?!? (j/k... dunno much about 'Bama...but weather I'd rather not have..)
     
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  4. Cummins_444

    Cummins_444 Medium Load Member

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    Grand Rapids Michigan lots of lake affect snow being on the east shore of lake Michigan. 196 can be annoying.
     
  5. 86scotty

    86scotty Road Train Member

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    I call it Pilot (Truck stop) music. That twangy hip hop country pop wanna be BS that doesn’t know what it is. Can’t believe that crap sells.
     
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  6. Midwest Trucker

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    Anywhere in the Midwest. I live outside Indy and it’s very affordable low cost of living. It’s also the cross roads of America.

    It’s not by accident that there are a gazillion trucking companies here.
     
  7. supertrucker79

    supertrucker79 Light Load Member

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    Believe it or not. One of the lowest tax burden states is VA. The old lady and I have been keeping an eye out for properties and have done quite a bit of research on the following states. PA(home),WV, MD(west), TN (east), NC (west) and VA(west)
    PA is about median of tax burden of which we are most familiar
    WV has a lot of emissions exempt counties, low taxes, cheap land.
    MD about on par with PA
    NC slightly lower overall taxes
    TN a lot like WV but no state income taxes, except investments.
    VA lower taxes across the board, about half in property taxes. Down side, they tax you on vehicles annually, but still end up cheaper than PA overall.
     
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  8. longhaultransport

    longhaultransport Light Load Member

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    Yeah, but that VA Governor...
     
  9. Brandonpdx

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    IMO choose a no-income-tax state, or maybe try to cross-reference that with a good freight lane. Sioux Falls, SD maybe? Right on a major east/west and north/south interstate route.

    Jacksonville, FL maybe? Nicer winters down there.

    Or just say screw it and live wherever it speaks to you. No right or wrong answer there.
     
  10. Brandonpdx

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    I couldn't believe how many times Loves would play that "knockin boots" song last summer. LOL.
     
  11. FoolsErrand

    FoolsErrand Road Train Member

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    VA hates trucks. Next to NY theyve been the state that screwed me most.
     
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